Competition
Competition watchdog will step in if commercial property transactions result in substantially less competition: Low Yen Ling
CCS will intervene if it picks up signals that organisations are coordinating their behaviour to raise prices or reduce quality, she adds
Competition watchdog not yet notified of Clementi Mall sale, CapitaLand-Mapletree merger
Informing the authority in such cases is voluntary, but CCS will monitor both developments, says minister
Singapore competition watchdog CCCS seeks public feedback on merger, new settlement guidelines
It is proposing new settlement procedure guidelines and changes to its merger procedures guidelines
How keeping up with the Joneses in parenting is crimping fertility
A new study urges policymakers to consider taxing private education or scaling back favourable treatment
Competition watchdog fines remittance service providers S$5.4 million for anti-competitive conduct
ZGR Global and Hanshan Money Express have colluded on their outward remittance rates, thus reducing options for customers, says CCCS
Google and OpenAI’s AI models win milestone gold at global math competition
Of the 630 students participating in the 66th IMO on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, 67 contestants, or about 11 per cent, achieved gold-medal scores
CCCS widens protection mandate to cover consumer product safety, legal metrology
Functions handled by EnterpriseSG will be transferred to competition watchdog’s purview to strengthen its regulatory oversight over consumer protection matters
Singtel’s Optus reaches settlement over alleged sales misconduct, including A$100 million proposed penalty
The Australian telco was accused of manipulating credit check results without customers’ knowledge and selling phones and plans to vulnerable individuals
Competition watchdog flags Agoda’s Singapore website, mobile app for potentially misleading features
Concerns include how the presentation of search results does not reflect that they are influenced by monies businesses pay the platform for better visibility
Deal between Vodafone and Three could harm mobile market, UK’s competition watchdog says
The regulator will now ask Vodafone to offer solutions for remedies to clear the deal before its final decision on Dec 7
